Diary

Transport for London is rightly conscious of the environment, so when they realised they had sent a number of congestion charge payers a duplicate copy of a receipt, they were concerned about all the unnecessary paper floating about. A reader in Fulham who had been sent a duplicate receipt was, however, mystified to receive a large, bubblewrap envelope, 18 inches by 12 inches, containing another stamped, addressed envelope of the same size, with the following letter from TfL: "We're aware that as a result of a technical issue you've been sent duplicate copies of a receipt ... TfL takes its commitment to the environment very seriously and have therefore included with this letter a dedicated freepost returns packet. You can use this to return the duplicate correspondence and we'll arrange for it to be disposed of in a secure and environmentally manner." The letter was signed by a Mr Gentle. When we call, we are told that Mr Gentle himself does not take phone calls but a colleague agrees to answer our questions. We wanted to know if it made sense for two large bubblewrap envelopes and attendant postage and person-time to be employed to dispose of one small piece of paper in a secure and environmentally friendly manner. Could the recipient not have been trusted to dispose of it themselves? "Not all people are able to move around in the same way," we are told. But if they're not able to move around, how come they're paying the congestion charge in the first place? Well, we are told, if TfL had not sent the envelopes for the duplicate receipt, "some people would just throw it in the bin". As the late Eric Morecambe would have said, there's no answer to that.

· Final entry in the headline of the week competition comes from a reader who spotted this in the Muswell Hill edition of the Ham&High: Councillor's fury as child cheats death on estate.

· Mosley - Right or Wrong? was the title of a book published in 1961 and on sale for half a crown. It put a series of questions on the issues of the day to Oswald Mosley, founder of the British Union of Fascists, and father of the currently embattled motor-racing chief, Max. "Loved by some, hated by others - what is the truth behind this extraordinary man?" asked the book on its cover, a copy of which has been sent to us. Question 250 for Mosley Sr was "What about preventing sex crimes?". To which he replies: "The law would be strengthened and the police instructed to close down all establishments, clubs, etc where vice is flaunted and spread ... The present commercialism of silly filth must stop." But he does add: "I would within any reasonable limits leave adults alone to do what they wish in private, provided always that they in no way intrude their habits on other people."

· London mayoral candidate Boris Johnson submitted himself for interrogation by Sun readers on their MySun website this week. There were plenty of questions about bendy buses and congestion charges, but the one that attracted most interest from readers and bloggers was "Do you agree that young people today are filth?" Tricky one, but Boris responded: "I see where you're coming from but I am an optimist and I think the vast majority of kids are good law-abiding young people and what they need is opportunity and discipline." Disappointing then that he did not seem to respond to a later question, which suggested: "Introduce public Tasering for serial petty offenders." The blogger who suggested this is sailing under the name of bilbobagins and he advised Boris that this would be a big vote-winner. Silence so far from Boris, but early days.

· From today's Catholic Herald comes worrying news. "The devil is delighted with his popular depiction, according to Rome's most senior exorcist," says a report headlined Devil loves his fun image. Depicting him with cloven hooves and bat wings is just playing into his hands, warns Father Gabril Amorth, who adds: "The devil is pleased by the way he is generally represented." There's no answer to that, either.